A software upgrade called Net-T effectively turns U.S. military aircraft into giant airborne wireless routers, allowing ground forces to share information with each other and with their allies overhead.
Network virtualization is one of the hotter trends in the industry today, and when Cisco speaks to it you hear a distinct LISP.
Juniper Networks had a challenging 2012 as new product cycles were slow to take hold and global economic conditions took a toll on sales. The company also undertook a restructuring that saw 500 positions cut and the departure of four executive vice presidents. As the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company looks to re-energize its business, particularly with an eye towards enterprises and data centers, CEO Kevin Johnson shared his lessons learned in leading Juniper since 2008, as well as what's ahead for the company in a discussion with IDG Enterprise Chief Content Officer John Gallant and Network World Managing Editor Jim Duffy. In this installment of the IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series, Johnson also shared his thoughts on the hot topic of software-defined networks (SDN), Juniper's role in enabling cloud and competing against the industry's 800-pound gorilla, Cisco.
Cisco, the quintessential IT hardware maker, wants you to start thinking about it as software and services company.
Juniper Networks needs better marketing and execution, among other things, to turn its fortunes around.
A management shake-up at Juniper Networks continues, as Stefan Dyckerhoff has been replaced as executive vice president of Juniper’s Platform Systems Division by Rami Rahim, who currently leads the company’s edge and aggregation routing business unit.
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Juniper routers are reportedly behind an Internet outage that affected service providers and Web sites around the globe Monday morning.
Cisco has announced a hardware encryption module for its ISR G2 router that allows point-to-point encryption of IP traffic based on what's called "Suite B," the set of encryption algorithms designated by the National Security Agency for Department of Defense communications.
Juniper Networks this week said it is making the source code of its OpenFlow application accessible to developers of applications for its Junos networking operating system software.
CEO John Chambers received compensation valued at $12.9 million in Cisco's 2011 fiscal year, a period when the company restructured operations, shuttered its Flip video cam business and eliminated more than 12,000 jobs. His total pay package is down 32% compared to 2010, when Chambers received $18.9 million, according to documents filed this week with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
F5 is touting new <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/071510-dns-security-cloud.html?ap1=rcb">DNS</a> capabilities in its BIG-IP v11 software as a way for service providers to save money, stave off <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/100411-ddos-voip-251553.html">distributed denial-of-service attacks</a> and scale to support rapidly expanding IP services.
Things are about to get a little hotter for Cisco in the enterprise market.
Cisco this week unveiled three service provider edge routers, along with an aggressive marketing campaign against rival Juniper.
No one can blame enterprise switching for Juniper's disappointing second-quarter results. Sales of Juniper's EX switches were up 18% year-over-year, switching overall was up 33%, and enterprise sales were up 9% due to strength in enterprise switching and routing products.